Promote the adoption by
Accountable Care Organizations
(ACO) of quality measures that
include functional health status

Promote physical therapy as an essential health benefit (EHB) in all insurance plans

Advocate to retain guaranteed access to insurance for those with pre-existing
conditions as well as the ban on rescission for those who do have coverage

Support consumer choice and shopping at the point of care through improved
price transparency by health care providers

Advocate to maintain requirements that children up to age 26 are able to
remain on their parents’ health insurance

Promote administrative simplification, specifically advocate for the standardization
of process for eligibility for coverage and authorization of services

Address and mitigate the negative effects of market control by insurance plans
and related entities on physical therapists in private practice and their patients

Support policy that requires provider networks to be of the size, scope,
geography, and expertise necessary to increase patient choice; oppose policies
that unreasonably limit patient access and choice of physical therapist

Support opportunities for consumers to purchase health insurance across
state lines

Pursue elimination of arbitrary limits and denials for services provided by
physical therapists in private practice in accordance with evidence of value

Support legislation that allows small businesses to form groups for the
purpose of purchasing health insurance for themselves and their employees